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Scheibe Flugzeugbau ZUGVOGEL IIIB N30118

16 June 1984 · Taos, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 June 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Scheibe Flugzeugbau ZUGVOGEL IIIB registered N30118 was involved in an accident near Taos, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
36.3792, -105.5705
Aircraft
Scheibe Flugzeugbau ZUGVOGEL IIIB
Registration
N30118
Category
Glider
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Taos → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN84LA183

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE WINDS INCREASED DURING A FLT IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA & THE THERMAL UPDRAFTS 'BROKE UP.' WHILE GLIDING BACK TO THE ARPT, HE ENCOUNTERED SINKING AIR & WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROUGH, SAGE BRUSH COVERED, TERRAIN. THIS WAS THE PLT'S FIRST FLT IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. THE PLT SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK THREE FLTS WITH A LOCAL PLT EXPERIENCED IN MOUNTAINOUS FLYING. HE SUGGESTED THIS TYPE OF TRAINING FOR PLTS WITH NO PREVIOUS MOUNTAINOUS FLYING EXPERIENCE BEFORE FLYING OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 7090 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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